Some may be surprised to learn that the following luminary from the field of science fiction had anything political to say at all. From LearnThat.org.
Indeed, Brewster is what I would call a luminary of luscious lattes, wot! '. From Wordnik.com. [IGN Complete] Reference
The luminary was a golden-haired, beaming, mild-eyed, God-like creature, gazing down in the vigour and intentness of youth upon an earth that was brimming with interest for him. From Wordnik.com. [Tess of the d'Urbervilles] Reference
Eclipses they attribute to the attempts of the Evil Spirits to embarrass the labours of the luminary which is eclipsed. From Wordnik.com. [Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 1 (of 3)] Reference
I’ve never been called luminary before, and I think it’s a new favorite word. From Wordnik.com. [Sleepy in Seattle « Inky] Reference
"There's always those kind of luminary figures that seem to speak the truth," he says. From Wordnik.com. [NPR Topics: News] Reference
While signing up some has-been politicians as "luminary" bloggers, Hearst is slashing the paid staff to approximately twenty reporters and editors. From Wordnik.com. [CJR] Reference
Gorki undoubtedly intended to describe a luminary. From Wordnik.com. [Maxim Gorki] Reference
Nawin was indeed following the luminary whom he thought of as. From Wordnik.com. [An Apostate: Nawin of Thais] Reference
Five minutes later the legal luminary came out of the telephone box. From Wordnik.com. [The Short Line War] Reference
"The sun, alas! is a solitary luminary," she answered, shaking her head. From Wordnik.com. [The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius] Reference
Thine arm is the rampart of a nation; thy justice an all-pervading luminary. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Moors of Spain] Reference
He's worked here for the past 15 years, among other luminary DJs and producers. From Wordnik.com. [Fat Beats: The End Of A Hip-Hop Era] Reference
Well, perhaps the legal luminary of Lowestoft would justify his inquiry if Edward. From Wordnik.com. [Edward FitzGerald and "Posh" "Herring Merchants"] Reference
But that great luminary would not refuse to shine in obedience to our contemptible logic. From Wordnik.com. [Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject] Reference
However, it was the great academical luminary of the day, whom afterwards I knew very well. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
The night gradually wore away, and the great luminary of the world began to light up the East. From Wordnik.com. [The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca] Reference
The star of France was to be the light of the west; he himself to be the luminary of the east. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845] Reference
For the first time they noticed that the great luminary was much smaller than it appeared to them on the earth. From Wordnik.com. [Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record] Reference
Three days before the death of the great luminary of dramatic and poetic letters, he called me into his bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [Shakspere, Personal Recollections] Reference
The stars are therefore suns, many of them surpassing in magnitude and brilliancy the great luminary of our system. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
Good fortune depended so much on the increase of that luminary, that nothing important was undertaken during its wane. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
But clouds floated in patches across the sky, and it might be they would obscure this heavenly luminary long enough for. From Wordnik.com. [Chums in Dixie or The Strange Cruise of a Motorboat] Reference
The Slasher was, of course, the central luminary, but there were scores and scores of lesser lights revolving round him. From Wordnik.com. [Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile] Reference
And he has been regarded since then by both Catholics and Anglicans as a leading light, a luminary in the world of theology. From Wordnik.com. [In UK, Pope Beatifies Cardinal John Newman] Reference
As it grew dark, Haidia opened her eyes, saw the luminary, and uttered an exclamation, this time not of fear, but of wonder. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
Among the many-thousanded royal family, he's a luminary, son of the 23d son of Abdulaziz, the father of postfeudal Saudi Arabia. From Wordnik.com. [A Charming Prince To The Rescue?] Reference
She was in no sense a luminary; and conscious that she could not shine by her own light, she was bent upon shining by that of others. From Wordnik.com. [The Women of the French Salons] Reference
"Ah, take care, take care, Hadria; that is a mood in which one may mistake any twopenny-halfpenny little luminary for the impossible moon.". From Wordnik.com. [The Daughters of Danaus] Reference
Delaware: John Dickinson, one of those talented pamphleteers who kindled the Revolution, and later a luminary of the Constitutional Convention. From Wordnik.com. [A Two-Bit, And Fine, Idea] Reference
ROBERT SIEGEL, host: Amadou And Mariam made their international breakthrough in 2005 with the album "Dimanche a Bamako" produced by world music luminary Manu Chao. From Wordnik.com. [Amadou And Mariam: Well Beyond Mali] Reference
He had won the goodwill of social, political and scientific magnates, and yet it could not be said of him, as of many another such luminary, that he paid too dear for his whistle. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctor's Daughter] Reference
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